I think I'm going to give this game more time (maybe 1-2+ weeks) before taking it seriously. Right now, it just has far too many problems. From the random game crashes and server disconnects to the awful rubber-banding and lag in 85-90% of the servers I join, it's just more frustrating than it is fun. When it does work, it's a blast. The only problem is, rarely ever does it.

I've been trying to join an MP game for at least the last 10 minutes...

By the time anything happens as a result of me pushing the join server button, the server is full..

I pressed the "Quick Match" button 5 minutes ago and still nothing..

Anyone else having these troubles?

Edit: I finally managed to join a game and then CTD'd =(

I had trouble earlier tonight and had better luck when I filtered out all the servers that weren't 5+ free spots. I agree, tho, it's annoying.

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Excellent footage showing just how laughable the SP campaign is:

I have to agree with his Homefront comparison 100%. In fact, I'd advise that you check out his Homefront video which demonstrates exactly why that game, like Battlefield 3, sticks with the formula so many developers today use and desperately need to break away from. He's one of the few commentators who truly understands the crap we're being fed and does a great job showing and exploiting it - probably far better than I could ever do.

That dude is trolling hard. It's really not that difficult to turn the sound down and do a voice-over of stupid just about any game is. I hardly watched that b/c it was pissing me off but I caught him dissing the fighter jet sequence... I thought that part of the game was pretty sweet.

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WTH, game was playing great last night, now it is stuttering like a bitch

I had some issues when turning around fast where the screen almost felt like it was stuttering. I was getting over 60fps at the time. I turned off v-sync and it went away. I'd like to get vsync back on if anyone has a fix. Maybe I'll try new drivers.

Well single player is far superior to the bad company 2 offerings. Not quite up there with recent call of dutys mostly because of those last minute polish things. I enjoyed the story, the game suffers because it has less iconic characters and fewer memorable set pieces but it's well presented if you ask me. The guns feel great, not just a few of them. Swapping out with any of the dropped weapons and they just felt powerful and accurate. The pacing works well, close quarters and ranged, sniping, vehicles and some different locations. Health balance seems alright, enemies go down super quick but you can take a few bullets in rapid succession. As long as you keep behind some cover it's not hard.

Didn't really face much infinite respawning stuff. Single player doesn't rely on destruction like BC2 did so often, perhaps they went too far in the opposite direction though. Doesn't have stupid segments like when you had to run from house to house to keep warm. Seems Danger Close helped on this one and I think it shows. QTE things are just cutscenes that require button presses, it's not like you have to push them fast, just make sure you get them right. I wouldn't call the single player great, but it was good enough to warrant a play through. Took about 4-5hrs for me.

For anyone wondering about map size, for Rush they apparently took the same cone shape and cut it out of all of the conquest maps. Every map feels larger than any of the BC2 maps, but I have no clue if they really are. You're always starting out storming a beach or some open field, then they funnel you in to some choke point at the end where it's a pain in the ass to blow up the last two MCOMs.

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I dunno. I'm still trying to get past the level after the earthquake. Playing on Hard, is well..... Hard.

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can anyoune tell me what hoops i have to jump thru to be able to play this piece of **** online.

You and me both.

I played the game a day early thanks to DAVE. The servers were great and played very well, till about 4am. I noticed the hit detection issue started. I could pump a full clip in to them and all they do is turn and single shot me every ****ing time. So I said that was enough, went to bed expecting a server reset or some unforeseen maintenance fix. Get on today and it's worse, horrible lag on low ping servers, hit detection is worse and the lovely "You have been disconnected from the server" every five minutes of game play on any servers.

I know this is release day and there is more than likely going to be some bugs or issues. However, isn't this why you Alpha and Beta test a game?

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The only buttons you need for the QTEs are E, SPACE, Right Mouse and Left Mouse. A red icon indicates you've hit a wrong button too early. Are you pressing anything when the cutscene starts? There aren't many where you have to press repeatedly either.

edit: btw you CAN bind mouse 4 and 5, i was clicking on the "keyboard" part of the bind screen DURR (keyboard, mouse joystick binds are separate)

well played a quick rush game, i turned off occlusion and motion blur and the game runs great, didnt notice any dips or slowdowns on my rig, it looks great too, not gonna try to up the graphics much because my cpu and gpu wont be able to handle it

can anyoune tell me what hoops i have to jump thru to be able to play this piece of **** online.

Was having the same problems earlier, even though yesterday everything was fine. Uninstall punkbuster, delete the PB folder from the BF3 folder, and do a repair on the game (right-click the game in Origin). That fixed it for me.

I still don't know why I don't get any "Ping" info in the browser (running Firefox). It has a "-" in that column for every server.

I played the game a day early thanks to DAVE. The servers were great and played very well, till about 4am. I noticed the hit detection issue started. I could pump a full clip in to them and all they do is turn and single shot me every ****ing time. So I said that was enough, went to bed expecting a server reset or some unforeseen maintenance fix. Get on today and it's worse, horrible lag on low ping servers, hit detection is worse and the lovely "You have been disconnected from the server" every five minutes of game play on any servers.

I know this is release day and there is more than likely going to be some bugs or issues. However, isn't this why you Alpha and Beta test a game?

Yeah the servers yesterday were almost perfect. It has to be some idiot with a high ping coming in and screwing everything up for people I'd imagine. I was on a server earlier tonight, played perfect (it was about half full) Then more people came in and it seemed to go to ****.

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The game and its whole online service is pretty wild so far. Some minor quibbles of course; some lag and the chat box can be slimmed down JUST a bit. Other than that i think the game is executed pretty well. Im rather surprised how well the performance is for the amount gfx is going on.

Love our platoon, its growing!!!

The whole web thing is taking some time to get use to, but i think its headed in the right direction.